Friday, August 28, 2009

A meditation

Like many a politics aficionado, I would love nothing more than to wax poetic over the passing this week of Sen. Kennedy. Unfortunately, I did not know the man personally and he was not my Senator. Writers more learned and deeper entrenched in history and government have written many a post in the past few days. I promised when I started the new job five months ago that I wouldn't attempt a point of view post unless I had something new to contribute and that is most certainly the case here.

So, here is what I know.

Politics as we've known them has hung on by its fingertips. Just like the feeling of soon-to-be lost baby teeth in our mouths, we can twist it, wiggle it and play-act like we want to pull the tooth out, but they are usually lost when we stop working at it so hard.

The glass half-full part of me hopes that this is a one-time occurrence in the Legislature. History is on my side with that bet.

On a more personal note, I have finally been hired as a permanent employee where I work. I have much better health care benefits that start in a few days and cost a few bucks less a month than it did with the temp agency. For my new employer to afford to cover me so cheaply, the monthly premiums soar into the hundreds of dollars a month very quickly.

We've got a few months more of fighting, yelling and intermittent sound logic -- as well as whatever comes from the liberal side of the aisle -- when it comes to health care insurance reform. Not even someone like me should sit on the sides hoping it all works out. Where and when I can jump in to the debate, I will.

Meanwhile, I have two songs rolling around my iPod that put me into a "rest and take it easy" frame of mind for the weekend (with the fires burning twisting my asthmatic lungs into a pretzel, even typing is getting me winded. As I slow it down for a few days, I hope these two songs put you in a more mellow, reflective mood. And, if anyone is searching, I'd love either of these songs played at my memorial. Not that I'm planning on checking out anytime soon -- I just know me well enough that if I don't write this down, the idea will leave my head soon enough. And, these are really lovely songs that capture my feelings on leaving, if only for a little while.

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